Post-U.S. Attorney Career
On May 21, 2007, Getty Images announced that McKay would join the corporation as senior vice president and general counsel, based in their headquarters in Seattle.
On September 17, 2007, Jonathan Klein, CEO of Getty Images, announced that John McKay would be stepping down as general counsel to return to the law faculty at Seattle University where he will teach full-time.
McKay is currently a full-time professor of law at Seattle University School of Law.
During his career as a U.S. Attorney, McKay was the prosecutor of Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery for marijuana seed distribution from Canada. Since that time, McKay has called for reform of marijuana laws such that its sale be legally regulated and taxed.
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